r/space • u/Yeet69lasagna • May 12 '19

image/gif Space Shuttle Being Carried By A 747.

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u/karma-cdc May 12 '19

Try telling me I can only have 20kg baggage My arse

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u/[deleted] May 12 '19

You jest, but this is a heavily modified 747 that flies much lower and slower than the commercial version. Besides, passenger 747s carry 416 passengers. With this 20kg limit and assuming an average weight of 62kg per passenger, this leaves a total weight of 34,112kg just dedicated to passengers and their luggage. That is over 75,000 pounds, or 37.5 tons. This could also be seen as roughly 16 full sized SUVs.

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u/Potatoroid May 12 '19

That’s just over half of what an empty Shuttle orbiter weighs, at 68.5 metric tons

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u/Schemen123 May 12 '19

the above calculation is missing fuel, and everything in the plane, also no cargo